Mold for glassware



Jan- 8, 1946- J. c. WEBERJJR 2,392,551

MOLD FOR GLASSWARE Filed June 18, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IlklY/IM Z6 5/ 69 Jams 6f 14/555,

Jan. 8, 1946. J. c. WEBER. JR 2,3 MOLD FOR GLASSWARE Filed June 18, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Jan. 8, 1946 West Virginia Glass Specialty Company, In-

corporated, Weston, W. Va., a corporation of 1 West Virginia Application June 18, 1943, Serial No. 491,357 3 Claims: (Cl. 49-71) The instant invention relates to molds and more particularly to a' mold for'glass articles and the like.

One of the primary objects of the invention is the construction of a. mold for glass'articles having special provision for the production of a glass lid, cover or the like for the article.

Still a further aim is the molding ina single operation of. a lid for a glass article such as a bowl or the like, in which the lid has acurved stem constituting a handle for said lid.

Yet another purpose is the molding in a single operation of a glass cover which is fashioned with a curved stem terminating in a ball, said stem and ball constituting a handle for the cover.

Another object is the fabrication of a mold having a. small, lower chamber for the formation of a curved stem having a. terminal ball portion, said stem and ball constituting a handle for a glass lid or cover,

The above and other aims and objects will be apparent from the detailed description hereinafter appearing when taken in conjunction with the appended drawings in which Fig. l is a perspective View of a two-part hinged mold embodying the invention, said mold being open to show a, glass lid having a curved stem at the completion of the molding operation;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through one of the mold sections;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 oi Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but taken with the two-part mold slightly inclined to the horizontal and. with a plate portion of one of the mold sections in position for attachment;

Fig. 5 is an elevational view of a pear-shaped glass bowl and a lid therefor, the latter having been molded in accordance with the instant invention; and

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5, but of a lass bowl and lid together shaped to resemble an apple.

Heretoiore, glass lids for glassware have been made in which said lids were equipped with glass stems constituting handles. In many instances these stems were curved and the making of such curved stems involved substantially the following procedure. The glass lid was molded with a straight stem and after removal from the mold, the stem was heated to soften same followed by curving into shape. The additional steps of reheating and curving were both time consuming and expensive and it is the primary purpose of the instant invention to substitute for the above extending base portion I4.

steps a single operation which will produce a glass lid with a curved stem without the necessity of reheating and bending.

Referrin to the drawings, the reference character M designates a glass mold in its entirety, formed of hinged mold sections l0 and I0. Mold section I0 comprises a removable apertured top portion l2, body portion l3 and a horizontally Top portion I2 is provided with a semi-circular horizontal flange l5 resting on a similar flange l6 defining the 17 assing through the flanges connect the top and body sections. The internal surface I8 of the body section is given a shape to produce with the other mold section Ill a lid of a predetermined design, in this instance, a-glass lid [9 having a bell-shape, A narrow passageway 20 leads from the internal surface of body portion [3 to a lower semi-circular chamber portion 2| for a purpose which will shortly appear. A base plate 22 having a semi-circular cutaway portion 23 is removably secured as by screws 24 to the base plate l4.

Mold section l0 is substantially of the same construction as mold section [0 having a top portion [2, body portion [3, a horizontally extendin base portion l4, internal surface 18, a narrow passageway 2!] leading from internal surface w to a lower semi-circular chamber portion 2 I. A base plate 29 having a semi-circular lip 25 the plate being apertured as at 26, is secured to base plate I l as by screws 24. In the closed position of the mold the lip 25 fits within the semi-circular cutaway portion 23 of the plate 22 as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

As will be evident from Figs. 1 and 4 the mold sections In and H1 are hingedly secured together by a structurally integral hinge 30 having a hinge pin 3|.

In the use of the mold the molten glass is taken from the tank by the gatherer, shaped on an iron plate and handed to the blower who has a pair of tools with which he forms the ball 33 and the stem 32. The latter is straight when placed in the left side I8 of the mold of Figure 1. Now when the mold is closed the lip 25 of plate 29 contacts and curves the stem and forces the ball and stem into the chamber 2|. Finally the rest of the lid is shaped by rotating the molten glass within the mold. During this operation the curved stem 32 extends through the passageway 20, 20. The apertures 26 in the base plate 29 serve to quickly cool the curved stem 32 whereby the latter may be rotated in the annular chamber chamber formed by chamber sections 7 w at ein eatipn hasxb l t e crib e nfleformed by the chamber portionsZl, Zi After completion of the'shaping operation the mold is opened and the glass lids l9 removed as best illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. I

It will be understood that glass lids havin various shapes depending upon the shape of the mold may he; firfodu ea; by me -emcee oii the instanf'invention. The 'lid l9 as indicated is bell-shaped for use with a bowl 34 shown in Fig, 5

' to form a p -shaped vessel. In Fig. 6 h i ga shown a lid I9 having a curved stem; .3 2? termi mating in a ball [portion 30 for use with a bowl 34 to form an apple-shapdvess'el. lgomatter what shape lid is formed eachnisrfiijlii'ed wants curved stem as set forth lireiribel c'i'rPf. A'lsothe 1- 01mm and at as, 6 eiir by Letters he ma $55- 1 a islk s .-h. v a s m narr w s same er portion with the inner a die lb s I s;

surface of the body portion, an apertured plate having a projecting lip secured to the base of one of said sections, the apertures in said plate being located below said chamber portion.

2. A glass mold comprising hinged mold sections, each section havingia top portion,.body

I y 'dffbas lifajiiig%a semicircular chamber portion; a narrow passageway connecting said chamber portion with the inner shrface of the body portion, one of said sections having.- a plate secured to its base, said plate Eating" a' cut-out portion defining one edge thelother section having an apertured 6111' d td-its base, said apertured plate into said cut-out portion in pos ion of the mold.

3. K:glassmoldgcomprising hinged mold sections each section having a top portion, body pc'iitionand a base, said base having a semi- Qlh h a d.-. =heme tno new surface of the body portion, one of ear aid Pl e ne-led being coated below said chamber portion pill L: ,J. 1,4 V ,JoI-mc, WEBER, JR.

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